package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"math"
	"os"
	"sort"
	"strconv"
)

func configure(scanner *bufio.Scanner) {
	scanner.Split(bufio.ScanWords)
	scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 1000005), 1000005)
}
func getNextString(scanner *bufio.Scanner) string {
	scanned := scanner.Scan()
	if !scanned {
		panic("scan failed")
	}
	return scanner.Text()
}
func getNextInt(scanner *bufio.Scanner) int {
	i, _ := strconv.Atoi(getNextString(scanner))
	return i
}
func getNextInt64(scanner *bufio.Scanner) int64 {
	i, _ := strconv.ParseInt(getNextString(scanner), 10, 64)
	return i
}
func getNextFloat64(scanner *bufio.Scanner) float64 {
	i, _ := strconv.ParseFloat(getNextString(scanner), 64)
	return i
}
func main() {
	fp := os.Stdin
	wfp := os.Stdout
	extra := 0
	if os.Getenv("I") == "IronMan" {
		fp, _ = os.Open(os.Getenv("END_GAME"))
		extra = 100
	}
	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(fp)
	configure(scanner)
	writer := bufio.NewWriter(wfp)
	defer func() {
		r := recover()
		if r != nil {
			fmt.Fprintln(writer, r)
		}
		writer.Flush()
	}()
	solve(scanner, writer)
	for i := 0; i < extra; i++ {
		fmt.Fprintln(writer, "-----------------------------------")
		solve(scanner, writer)
	}
}
func solve(scanner *bufio.Scanner, writer *bufio.Writer) {
	n := getNextInt(scanner)
	yy := make(int64s, n)
	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
		yy[i] = getNextInt64(scanner)
	}
	sort.SliceStable(yy, yy.less)
	if yy[0] == yy[n-1] {
		fmt.Fprintln(writer, 1)
		return
	}
	ss := make(int64s, n+1)
	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
		ss[i+1] = ss[i] + yy[i]
	}
	var ans int64
	ans = math.MaxInt64
	for i := 1; i < n; i++ {
		lsum := yy[i/2]*int64(i/2) - ss[i/2] + ss[i] - ss[i/2] - yy[i/2]*int64(i-i/2)
		rsum := yy[i+(n-i)/2]*int64((n-i)/2) - (ss[i+(n-i)/2] - ss[i]) + (ss[n] - ss[i+(n-i)/2] - yy[i+(n-i)/2]*int64(n-i-(n-i)/2))
		if ans > lsum+rsum {
			ans = lsum + rsum
		}
	}
	fmt.Fprintln(writer, ans)
}

type int64s []int64

func (s int64s) less(i, j int) bool {
	return s[i] < s[j]
}